“It was a day for service, support and help.”

Original: Yr oedd y dydd yn ddydd o wasanaeth, a chymorth, a help. — Defining a sacred day through practical service to others · Sermon, Saboth gyda'r Iesu, August 1900 (Welsh)

• Care
• Community
• Faith

“These old spoil tips are the most poetic hills in the country. The finest poets, musicians and singers of our nation have consecrated them in the depths of the earth.”

Original: Yr hen dips' yma yw y bryniau mwyaf barddonol yn y wlad! Y mae beirdd a cherddorion a chantorion goreu ein cenedl ni wedi bod yn cysegru'r rhai hyn yn nyfnderoedd y ddaear. — Finding poetry and music within the industrial landscape of the coalfields · Address, National Eisteddfod Merthyr proclamation, 1900 (Welsh)

• Beauty
• Music
• Poetry

“The English press would do well to remember that the Welshman has two eyes: one reads Welsh and the other reads English.”

Original: Byddai yn eithaf peth i'r wasg Seisnig gofio fod dau lygad gan y Cymro—un yn darllen Cymraeg, a'r llall yn darllen Saesneg. — A witty defence of Welsh readers against careless outside criticism · Gorsedd paper, National Eisteddfod Rhyl, 1892 (Welsh)

• Identity
• Language
• Wit